CultureObituaryDebbie BarhamSharp-witted comedy writer who started working for Radio 4 aged just 16The comedy writer Debbie Barham, who has died from heart failure due to anorexia aged 26, spent almost half her life writing comedy, with relentless energy and savage wit. There can be few who have not enjoyed her work; and few producers who have not benefited from her output.
Debbie was born in Sheffield and educated at Sheffield High School. Read More...
SportblogFormula OneA new documentary charts the Canadian’s rivalry with his Ferrari teammate Didier Pironi that ended tragically in 1982
If the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982 left Formula One traumatised, it was infinitely harder on his wife Joann. More than 40 years on and the emotion still runs high as she recalls the controversial events of that season. So raw have been the wounds, it is only now she has felt able to address them and time has not assuaged the strength of her feelings. Read More...
Joe FrazierObituaryJoe Frazier obituaryFormer world heavyweight boxing champion with a much-feared left hookFor all Joe Frazier achieved, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, who has died of liver cancer aged 67, was destined to remain in the shadow of his nemesis, Muhammad Ali, who twice beat him in the most famous trilogy of fights the sport has ever produced. The third of those 1970s encounters – memorably dubbed the "Thrilla in Manila" Read More...
